Posted on 06/06/2008 12:09:56 PM PDT by Main Street
Mob of young men attacks
Man's skull fractured during beating; another attacked, robbed
Police suspect a mob of 20 to 30 young men who brutally attacked a motorist in Mount Clemens on Saturday may also be responsible for at least two other violent crimes that took place the same night.
Four people were taken into custody for questioning and police Sunday were hoping to interview a man who was beaten unconscious during the ordeal and was hospitalized with a fractured skull.
"This certainly was a frightening incident," Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel said.
The trouble began late Saturday and into early Sunday starting on North River Road near the Macomb Daily building when more than two dozen men wearing ball caps and baggy shorts blocked traffic in the street as they spread out in the street.
A 29-year-old female motorist attempted to drive past the crowd in the street and someone in the mob threw a brick at the car window. The car stopped and a man got out to see what had happened.
"At that point at least 12 of the subjects jumped on him, beating and kicking him several times to the point where he was unconscious," Hackel said. "A second man then got out of the car and also was attacked but not nearly as bad as the first individual."
The victim who was badly beaten was identified by WDIV-TV (Channel 4) as Andy Kauffman. He was reported to be in serious condition at Mount Clemens Regional Medical Center, according to hospital spokeswoman Diane Kish.
Kauffman's wife, Angelina, was quoted by the TV news report as saying she had no idea why the crowd attacked her car. "It just happened to be us, I guess," she said.
Meanwhile, sheriff's deputies were called to a Marathon gas station on North Gratiot about 30 minutes later to respond to a call of a fight progress.
At the gas station a man was beaten and robbed of his cell phone and wallet, Hackel said. The victim was not seriously hurt.
On Sunday, workers at the gas station said the man was confronted near a pay telephone. When the gas station attendant saw what was happening, he locked the front door. An employee said workers had to wash the man's blood from the door Sunday.
Police also are investigating to see whether a similar incident at Rec Bowl on Crocker Boulevard may be related to the same group of attackers.
"We had a rash of similar incidents all within about an hour's time frame," Hackel said. "There is a carnival going on at Gibraltar Trade Center which is where we believe the this group had been congregating before the trouble broke out."
Police said four suspects were taken into custody on charges of disorderly conduct. Investigators want to talk with anyone who may have information on the incidents.
Tips may be phoned in to the sheriff's office at (586) 469-5151.
let's stop pretending...okay....
integration hasn't worked.......if it takes two differant societies, so be it....
sometimes, its good to know that the Latinos are coming....
what would happen if Charlie Bronson types started showing up?.....we’d have a commission, an Oprah special and a march to find out why...yet whites get killed everyday, no one even notices...
Hi, AuntB.
The cops in Dreadford don’t ask for the status of the vandals?
That’s insane!
I don’t follow Medford news much, it’s too big, too far away and I prefer to keep it at arm’s length from me!
Ed
P.S. There was a story in the Courier that a mob of people in Medford got into a huge brawl with baseball bats and pipes...no reason why.
Was that today? I just got back from Orlando so I would have missed it anyway, but it is good to know we have more good folks in the area.
I never suffered from it :)
“The cops in Dreadford don’t ask for the status of the vandals?”
Correct. When I was a teenager (yes I can remember that long ago!)we called Medford - Deadford, Boringon. We were living in paradise and weren’t smart enough to know it. No drugs, no gangs, no graffitti, no discrimination, no California liberals. Wow.
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“Being an illegal alien is a federal crime. Local law enforcement isn’t allowed to arrest someone for being an illegal alien. But when police arrest someone on another charge and they find out or suspect the person is in the country illegally, they notify federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said Medford police Sgt. C. Teresi”
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080531/NEW
Na... My mistake. I was going by someoen elses interpretation of dates and schedules and was in error big time!
Downtown MC is having three nights of concerts the 26 27 28 of June for it’s Freedom Festival. Johnny Lang is the headliner Sunday Night at 9:30 the 28th....
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